It is healthier for me if I make sure Mrs. Smurf gets her vodak smoothie. A tray of ice, a partially frozen 7-up, 8 oz vodak and 12 oz berries blended together. Then she is too blitzed to see me pouring a little tea into my whiskey.

AverageAmericanGuy:I love hard cider and I love vodka. Not quite the same as beer, though.

If you ever get the chance, cherry cider with vanilla infused vodka is awesome, as is Spire's Dark and Dry with a shot of cherry infused vodka. Any hard cider is great with pineapple infused vodka though.

Manhattin:4oz bourbon of choice2oz vermouth of choicedash of Grenadine2-3 dashes of bitterspossibly a cherry to garnish.

Shake gently over ice.

That's generally where I end up. The cherry juice made them to sweet. And, some bourbons are gooder over ice while others work better in mixed drinks. The good news is you get to drink bourbon while you figure out what you like best.